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  • Athletic Directors: Short Lists
    College and University athletic directors worth their weight and gold have a secret list buried in their files, drawers or minds. They are commonly called “short lists” and they contain the names of potential coaches whom they might possibly contact in the event openings occur in the various sports which they oversee. North Carolina State athletic director [...]
  • Tom O’Brien: This team has a chip on its shoulder – George Cox of NC State Football
    Tom O’Brien says this current Wolfpack football team is more like his previous  Boston College editions. He also says his players  have a big chip on their shoulders  going into the 2010 campaign with a lot to prove. The Wolfpack mentor, who expects his fourth team at N.C. State to contend for the Atlantic Division title after three consecutive [...]
  • Notes & Musings….O’Brien Close-to-the-Vest
    Tom O’Brien is like former Washington Redskins coach — the late George Allen. He likes to keep everything associated with his football program close to the vest.  There’s not a whole lot of information coming out of preseason camp.  That system not only works to keep future opponents guessing, it also keeps his own fans and [...]
  • Will Butch Davis Move Past Fridge on Coaches Hot Seat?
    One of our three burning questions for ACC football in an earlier post concerned itself with ACC coaches on the hotseat. Maryland’s Ralph Friedgen has been the media’s consensus coach on the proverbial electric chair. The question “what have have you done for me lately” has been continually asked of the Maryland mentor by concerned friends of [...]
  • Stuck in the Media’s Hell, Football Wolfpack has a lot to Play for in 2010 – George Cox of NC State Football
    The football Wolfpack has learned a hard lesson during the Tom O’Brien era: respect is earned. Four losing seasons in succession — one in the Chuck Amato era and three in the current regime — have taken State football to the depths of media’s hell.  Nobody hardly mentions the football Wolfpack in season reviews.  The Pack [...]